ON THIS DAY IN GAMING
February 18
The games released on this day in gaming history.
655 releases
26 Years AgoResident Evil 3: Nemesis
PlayStationEurope
Resident Evil 3: Nemesis is a survival horror video game and the third instalment in the Resident Evil series. Like its two predecessors, it is a third-person action-adventure game with polygonal characters on pre-rendered backgrounds with cinematic camera angles.
33 Years AgoBattletoads
NESEurope
Battletoads is the first game of the Battletoads series. The game is a platform scrolling beat 'em up, with varying elements of racing, climbing and vehicle-based obstacle courses.
16 Years AgoAce Attorney Investigations: Miles Edgeworth
Nintendo DSAustralia
Ace Attorney Investigations: Miles Edgeworth is a 2009 adventure video game developed and published by Capcom. It was originally released for the Nintendo DS in Japan in 2009, and internationally in 2010, and later for iOS and Android in 2017.
32 Years AgoCool Spot
Mega Drive / GenesisJapan
Cool Spot is a mascot for 7 Up, introduced in 1987. During this time, the red spot in the 7 Up logo was anthropomorphized: given arms, legs, a mouth, and sunglasses.
21 Years AgoMercenaries: Playground of Destruction
XboxPS2Europe
During the last years of his reign, the North Korean president Choi Kim attempted a reconciliation with the country's southern neighbor, with the ultimate goal of reunification.
21 Years AgoThe SpongeBob SquarePants Movie
PS2GameCubeXboxEurope
On a heroic, comedic quest through 18 levels of platform, driving and sliding action, SpongeBob and Patrick leave Bikini Bottom and journey to new and unexplored lands. Players join their struggle to defeat Plankton's diabolic scheme to take over the world...Plan Z!
31 Years AgoRistar
Mega Drive / GenesisEurope
Ristar is a platform game developed and published by Sega for the Sega Genesis in 1995. A Sega Game Gear game, of the same name and genre, Ristar, was also released, which shared similar themes while possessing different level design and gameplay mechanics.
26 Years AgoVigilante 8: 2nd Offense
DreamcastEurope
The story of Vigilante 8: 2nd Offense centers on the international meddlings of an oil conglomerate from the future known as OMAR (Oil Monopoly Alliance Regime).
21 Years AgoAce Combat 5: The Unsung War
PS2Europe
Ace Combat 5: The Unsung War is a first person air combat and flight simulator. Like other Ace Combat games, each mission is determined by a level briefing and objectives.
23 Years AgoYu-Gi-Oh! The Duelists of the Roses
PS2North America
Yu-Gi-Oh! The Duelists of the Roses is a video game developed by Konami based on the Yu-Gi-Oh! manga and anime series. Its main characters, Yugi Mutou and Seto Kaiba, play opposing teams known as the Lancastrians and the Yorkists.
24 Years AgoGitaroo Man
PS2North America
Gitaroo Man is a rhythm video game featuring visual production by Mitsuru Nakamura and an original soundtrack by Japanese band COIL. The game was later ported to the PSP under a new title: Gitaroo Man Lives!
32 Years AgoEternal Champions
Mega Drive / GenesisJapan
Sega released Eternal Champions for their Mega Drive/Genesis in 1993, hoping to capitalize on the fighting game mania that the game industry was in the midst of following the massive success of Street Fighter II (1991) and Mortal Kombat (1992).
21 Years AgoAstro Boy: Omega Factor
Game Boy AdvanceEurope
Join Astro, the robotic superhero with a human mind, in a quest to reunite the robotic race with humans. Astro uses his seven super abilities to face off against the likes of Atlas, Blue Knight, and more than 40 other characters.
32 Years AgoSkyblazer
Super FamicomJapan
Arianna, a young sorceress, has been kidnapped by Ashura. Sky has pledged his life to rescuing her. Sky must venture through many colorful stages and nice background effects.
32 Years AgoJoe & Mac 2: Lost in the Tropics
Super FamicomJapan
Improving on the original's platformer/brawler co-op gameplay, this game adds adventure and role-playing game elements that create a more involving experience compared to the first game.
23 Years AgoBreath of Fire: Dragon Quarter
PS2North America
Breath of Fire: Dragon Quarter is a radical departure from the previous titles of the Breath of Fire series, and in some ways from standard Japanese-style role-playing games in general. The game is built like a huge dungeon crawler, with no overworld map.
33 Years AgoSuper Smash T.V.
PortSNESEurope
The Super Nintendo Entertainment System and Super Famicom port of Smash T.V. Smash T.V. was an arcade game created by Eugene Jarvis and Mark Turmell for Williams released in 1990.
22 Years AgoPitfall: The Lost Expedition
GameCubeXboxPS2WorldwideNorth America
Twenty-two years after making his groundbreaking debut on the Atari 2600, Activision's Pitfall Harry returns for more jungle-exploring action.
33 Years AgoBucky O'Hare
NESEurope
Bucky O'Hare stars the titular rabbit as the captain of the Righteous Indignation, which protects the parallel universe of the Aniverse. His other crew members, duck Dead-Eye, cat Jenny, android Blinky, and human Willy, have been captured by the Toad Air Marshall.
32 Years AgoSpinmaster
ArcadeJapan
Spinmaster is a platform/beat 'em up arcade game developed and released by Data East in 1993. The story follows the main character Johnny and his sidekick Tom as they battle their way through treasure-seeking, mad scientist, Dr.
21 Years AgoRumble Roses
PS2Europe
Get ready for sexy yet challenging in-the-ring combat. WWX: Rumble Rose delivers intense girl-on-girl wrestling action with an all-female roster of vixens--each with specialty moves.
33 Years AgoWayne's World
Mega Drive / GenesisNorth America
"Wayne's World, Wayne's World! Party time! Excellent!
26 Years AgoAirforce Delta
DreamcastEurope
Ever been screaming along at Mach 2 and ordered to drop 6,000 pounds of bombs on a target no bigger than a Yugo? Or get that feeling of multiple bogeys closing in on your tail for a lock-on to blow you out of the sky?
36 Years AgoWizards & Warriors X: Fortress of Fear
Game BoyWorldwide
The incredible saga of Wizards and Warriors continues. As Kuros you'll enter the dreaded Fortress of Fear in your pursuit of the Evil Wizard, Malkil. Hundreds of enemy encounters await you.
Game data provided by IGDB.com. Original release dates only – not the dates of fan translations.